Movie star chef Curtis Stone joins catering startup Gathar after $1 million post-seed elevate
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The chef, who discovered fame as a daily on Oprah, mentioned he was proud to introduce Gathar to the US at a time when extra cooks are making the transfer in direction of the creator financial system. “The factor that excites me about Gathar is the superb group of cooks and caterers we’ll be supporting, giving them the flexibility to create restaurant-quality eating experiences for folks within the consolation of their very own properties,” he mentioned. Publish-pandemic, we’re seeing extra cooks wanting to begin their very own personal chef companies and I feel Gathar is within the excellent place to assist this shift throughout the business.” Gathar CEO and co-founder, Jodie Mlikota mentioned the enterprise has seen a 330% improve in demand final yr. “Our development in income and skill to draw funding, even throughout pandemics and floods, has confirmed our resilience and potential,” she mentioned. Mlikota says the capital raised will probably be used to scale the Gathar platform and Australian group in addition to establishing the model’s presence in the USA. “We’ve created 1000’s of fantastic eating experiences in Australia from date nights to dinner events, company occasions and weddings, and we will’t wait to assist LA get ‘gatharing’ quickly.” ACAC Innovation CEO Bryce Greig, an early stage backer of the Collect mentioned it was “a simple choice” to guide the brand new capital spherical.